To Xiao Yan's regret, after advancing to Dou Saint, he discovered that the Heartblood Clay Puppet, which had once helped him defeat powerful foes, no longer worked. No matter how many times he used it, he could not transfer a single injury from his body.
When he asked Xiao Xuan, the answer was that advancing to Dou Saint fundamentally changed one's body. It was only natural for some abilities to stop working.
Though he found it a pity, Xiao Yan understood. The ability to transfer injuries was important, but if he had to compare the two, advancing to Dou Saint had given him far more.
Through the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body, he also learned from his two disciples that although he had lived through a Hundred Lifetimes Reincarnation in the Ancient Bodhi Tree's space, only a little over a month had passed in the real world of the Central Plains.
After ten days of cultivation in the Heavenly Tomb, Xiao Yan stabilized his Dou Qi and successfully rose from Mid-Stage One-Star Dou Saint to the peak of One-Star Dou Sheng, just one step away from Two-Star Dou Saint.
During those ten days, Xiao Yan truly felt how much the Bodhisattva Heart had strengthened him. Boundless power kept pouring from his heart, as though it had no end. It was thanks to the Bodhisattva Heart that he had raised his Dou Qi realm again.
After all, once someone reached the Dou Saint Realm, progress through arduous cultivation alone could take decades, even centuries.
That was why progress in the Dou Saint Realm depended on fortuitous opportunities. The Ancient Bodhi Tree had earned such renown across the continent precisely because its power to strengthen even Dou Saints was plain to see.
Xiao Yan had enjoyed that boost and was naturally delighted.